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Published on January 28, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Dayton Bombers (19-12-4) at Johnstown Chiefs (16-19-4) 3:00 p.m. ET
* Bombers won 6-3 at Johnstown on Jan. 19 and are 1-0-0 on the road and 2-1-1 overall against the Chiefs.
* Dmitri Tarabrin leads the Chiefs against Dayton with three goals and four points in two games.
* Dayton's Adam Berkhoel is 2-1-1 with goals-against average of 1.96 in four games against Johnstown.
* Chiefs' Brandon Elliott scored career-high two goals and career-best three points on Saturday.

Reading Royals (19-19-5) at Trenton Titans (19-14-5) 4:00 p.m. ET
* Royals have won the last three meetings and are 5-2-2 against the Titans, including 2-2-0 at Trenton.
* Mike Pandolfo leads the Titans against Reading with nine assists and 11 points in nine games.
* Greg Hogeboom leads the Royals against Trenton with 15 points (5g-10a) and plus-minus rating of +10.
* Trenton's Les Haggett has four assists in his last three games and is second on the team with 22 assists.

Augusta Lynx (23-18-1) at Wheeling Nailers (18-19-2) 6:00 p.m. ET
* Augusta's Ryan Lang has a 14-game point streak (5g-19a) and a four-game assist streak (6a).
* Wheeling's Andy Franck is 3-0-0 with goals-against average of 1.62 in his last three starts at home.
* Lynx's Jamie Johnson has three assists in each of his last two games.
* Nailers' Jordan Cameron has a three-game point streak (1g-2a) and is tied for the team lead with 18 goals.

Victoria Salmon Kings (17-26-1) at Long Beach Ice Dogs (13-23-3) 5:00 p.m. PT
* Victoria has won the last two meetings and is 2-1-0 at Long Beach and 4-2-0 overall against the Ice Dogs.
* Ash Goldie has six points (3g-3a) in his last two games and leads Long Beach with 33 points (15g-18a).
* Wes Goldie leads the Salmon Kings against Long Beach with eight goals and 12 points in six games.
* Ryan Bennett has an assist (5a) and a point (1g-5a) in each of his first three games since joining Ice Dogs.

Fresno Falcons (23-13-4) at Las Vegas Wranglers (20-8-10) 5:05 p.m. PT
* Falcons won 4-2 on Dec. 16 and are 1-0-0 at Las Vegas and 3-1-0 overall against the Wranglers.
* Las Vegas' Mike McKenna is 1-0-2 with goals-against average of 1.58 in three starts against Fresno.
* Luke Curtin leads Fresno against the Wranglers with five assists and five points.
* Las Vegas' Derek Edwardson had career-high four assists and tied career best with four points on Saturday.



Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
* Affiliations with 25 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League marking 10th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
* 315 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 170 have made NHL debut in the last five seasons, including goaltenders Barry Brust, Yutaka Fukufuji, Martin Houle, Joey MacDonald, Mike Smith and Mike Wall, centers Drew Larman and Kris Newbury, right wings Krys Barch and Jesse Schultz, left wing D.J. King and defenseman Daniel Girardi this season, and a record 47 in 2005-06.
* ECHL has been represented on last six Stanley Cup champions.
* Two NHL head coaches (Peter Laviolette & Jim Playfair) and 9 assistant coaches have ECHL experience.
* Affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey League.
* ECHL has been represented on last 17 Calder Cup champions.
* For each of the past four seasons, ECHL has had more players called up to AHL than all other professional leagues combined. From 2002-06 the ECHL had 1,646 call ups, involving almost 1,000 players, including 416 call ups involving 263 players last season.
* ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity and relief funds in 2005-06.

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